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  • adjective British Alternative spelling of appetizing.
  • verb Present participle of appetise.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma

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Examples

  • Apple, however, didn't find the idea appetising and slapped a

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  • Wow, this must be a record number of "appetising" entries!

    Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres - The Monthly Mingle Roundup! 2008

  • And it wasn't because I was brought up on diet of The Dandy with Desperate Dan and his cow pies - to be frank they always looked kind of appetising, in the same way that Popeye's spinach did.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • And it wasn't because I was brought up on diet of The Dandy with Desperate Dan and his cow pies - to be frank they always looked kind of appetising, in the same way that Popeye's spinach did.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • Orange peel skin hardly looks 'appetising', so SU AZIZ picks up a trio of products from The Natural Source to combat it.

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  • Orange peel skin hardly looks 'appetising', so SU AZIZ picks up a trio of products from The Natural Source to combat it.

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  • That day's specials, a beef, red wine and thyme stew, and a chorizo and chestnut soup, sounded equally appetising.

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  • The brasserie restaurant, the Swan, is increasingly well-regarded and the ground-floor bar menu includes a limited number of affordable appetising dishes, such as Cotswold Legbar poached eggs on toast and a daily savoury tart with chips and salad (£5-£7), as well snacks like scotch eggs and sausages cooked in rioja (£4-£5).

    South London's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • At least Morse had a simple and an appetising title.

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  • Bikini-friendly food is most definitely wrong at this time of year, your gratin sounds much more appetising than cold salad!

    fickle 2009

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